The US overtook the UK as GDP leader in 1880. We better hope the US doesn't stagnate the way the UK did. http://goo.gl/ybWiwo
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@paulg@BrettArends the UK didn't stagnate. It just had fewer people
@BenedictEvans No. What happened to the British aircraft and computer industries was not a consequence of being a smaller country.
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@paulg they only fell behind 75 years later. UK aviation was cutting edge into the 1950s, competing maybe longer -
@BenedictEvans Cutting edge technically. Not economically. That was the problem. - Show replies
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@paulg Relative size of US defence budgets was a huge factor behind relative decline of UK aviation & defence electronics. -
@paulg Look at e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning … - first ever super cruise fighter. Only aircraft that could intercept the U2
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